Congratulations for April 2!!

Many congratulations
 
 to my amazing students!
~Sparsh Panja who won the higher section of the Chess Cardinals Club Sunday event! He beat one higher-rated opponent and drew with another! He reached a new rating high of 1431 and has now gained 200+ rating points in the past couple of weeks!
~Ethan Li who defeated a much higher-rated opponent, gained 100+ rating points and reached a new rating high of 1234!! He has now gained 400+ rating points in the past four months
~Divish Dhanalakota who defeated two much higher-rated opponents, tied for second place, gained 100+ rating points and is now rated 1247!!
~Aryan Bezawada who beat two higher-rated opponents, drew with another one! Combined with the Thursday event, he gained 160+ rating points and reached a new rating high!
~Ishaan Sinha who won the higher section of the Thursday Chess Cardinals Club event with a perfect score!! He finished first out of 20 people! He gained 60+ rating points in the process!
~Hithesh Manojkumar who drew against one higher-rated opponent and defeated another and reached a new rating high!
~Max Xu who tied for third place out of 24 people in the blitz tournament at the St Louis Chess Club!